There is the saying: I got out of the wrong side of the bed today. A rather silly saying, but used to mean, “I didn’t get the day started off properly” and once things started off in the wrong direction, well…down the hill it went, like Jack and Jill, and no one could quite get it back the rest of… Read More

As a very small child, whenever I would get discouraged, I would plop myself down on the floor like a doll made of rags and let out a hopeless wail. “I Can’t…..” would be my pitiful cry. “I don’t know how, it’s too hard, I’m too tired.” My mother would turn on a dime, narrow her dark Italian eyes,… Read More

Silence can be a powerful ally or a painful reminder of how alone we feel. In this week’s article we are looking at the ways that keeping silent hinders our relationships and keeps us trapped in a state of feeling alone and cut off from love and companionship. Have you ever experienced that gnawing, twisting, painful sensation in the pit of… Read More